| VoteMatch Responses
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| VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background) |
Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation) |
| Opposes Abortion is a woman's right | Abortion: For federal funding only in cases of incest, rape, health Abortion: No litmus test for judiciary appointments Abortion: Pro-life, with exceptions for rape, incest, & health Abortion: Human Life Amendment is irrelevant; focus on other issues |
| Supports Require companies to hire more women & minorities | Civil Rights: More to be done to remove the “glass ceiling” Civil Rights: Empowerment of women comes from dreams and passion |
| No opinion Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws | (No votes on which to base response) |
| Strongly Supports Organized Prayer In Public Schools | Civil Rights: For school prayer & 10 Commandments in schools Principles & Values: Crusade for a rebirth of our values Education: Add a 4th “R”: Responsibility |
| No opinion More Federal Funding for Health Coverage | Health Care: Allow self-employed to deduct health costs |
| Supports Privatize Social Security | Social Security: “Catch-up” IRA contributions, faster vesting, & portability |
| Strongly Supports Parents Choose Schools via Vouchers | School Choice: Give parents a smorgasbord of choices School Choice: Vouchers OK where public schools fail. School Choice: Parents should demand success; be given vouchers if not |
| No opinion Death Penalty | (No votes on which to base response) |
| No opinion Mandatory "Three Strikes" Sentencing Laws | (No votes on which to base response) |
| Opposes Absolute right to gun ownership | Gun Control: Ban AK-47s; add safety locks; instant background checks Gun Control: Limited right to bear arms. |
| Supports Make Income Tax Flatter & Lower | Tax Reform: Tax cuts are top priority; eliminate marriage penalty Tax Reform: Tax rates are at all-time highs, yet budget adds taxes Tax Reform: Cut the tax burden on Americans |
| Opposes Immigration helps our economy-encourage it | Education: Supports CA Prop 187 barring illegal aliens from schools Immigration: Supports CA Prop 187 barring illegal aliens from schools |
| Strongly Supports Support & Expand Free Trade | Free Trade: An open global market helps our economy thrive Free Trade: Free trade zone for the entire Western Hemisphere Free Trade: Authorize “Fast Track” for trade negotiations |
| Supports Link Human Rights to trade with China | China: Two-track policy: Open markets + political reforms China: Expand trade, but linked to human rights China: Push China for reform; stand by Taiwan China: Admit China to the World Trade Organization |
| Strongly Supports More Spending on Armed Forces Personnel | Defense: Pentagon has been reduced to a triangle: build it back Defense: Re-build military for greater readiness Defense: Increased spending needed to keep the peace Defense: Restore shortfalls in Armed Forces personnel |
| Strongly Supports Reduce spending on Missile Defense ("Star Wars") | Defense: Abandon ABM treaty & Test Ban treaty Defense: Build and deploy an SDI missile defense Defense: Need SDI against rogue nations and terrorists |
| Supports Continue Foreign Aid to Russia, Israel, & others | Foreign Policy: Russia: Work with policies, not personalities Foreign Policy: US has responsibility to lead post-Cold War world Foreign Policy: US responsibility: clear, credible & capable leadership |
| No opinion Spend Resources to Stop Global Warming | (No votes on which to base response) |
| Strongly Supports Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it | Drugs: Use all branches of the military in Drug War Drugs: Would “lead a crusade” against illegal drugs Labor & Farming: Farm program: more ethanol; more conservation; less taxes Drugs: Reducing supply isn’t enough-we must blunt demand Labor & Farming: Pay to stop farming environmentally sensitive cropland Drugs: Reduce demand for this “personal and national evil” |
| No opinion Allow churches to provide welfare services | (No votes on which to base response) |